Simon Grima is the the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Insurance and Risk Management which he set up in 2015. He is also a Professor of the Faculty of Business, Management, and Economics at the University of Latvia.Dimitrios Maditinos is a Professor of Business Administration and Informatics at Democritus University of Thrace.Grațiela-Georgiana Noja is the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, Romania.Jelena Stankevičienė is a Professor of finance at Vilinus University, Lithuania.Malgorzata Tarczynska-Lunniewska is a Professor of Econometrics and Statistics at the Institute of Economics and Finance, University of Szczecin.Eleftherios I. Thalassinos is a Professor at the University of Piraeus and Affiliate Professor at the University of Malta.Kesra Nermend is a Professor at the University of Szczecin, Poland.

• Introduction; Grațiela-Georgiana NojaChapter 1. Sustainable finance for a blue economy; Anna Spoz and Magdalena Zioło Chapter 2. Sustainable Futures: Navigating Environmental Challenges through Local Governance in the Tirreno-Eolie Area; Carlotta D’Alessandro, Giuseppe Ioppolo, Alberto Bongiorno, Giuseppe Caristi, and Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska Chapter 3. Technological Innovation And Sustainable Development. Attracting Environment-Friendly And Socially Responsible Investors; Grațiela-Georgiana Noja, Petru Ștefea, Andrea Gînguță, Alexandra-Mădălina Țăran, Irina-Maria Grecu, and Andrei Cristian Spulbăr Chapter 4. Environmental Challenges And Effects Induced By The Shadow Economy; Sorana Vătavu, Cristian Tudorescu, Oana-Ramona Lobonț, Nicoleta-Claudia Moldovan, and Florin Costea Chapter 5. Sustainable Economic Stake And Coproduction In Competition. A Dynamic Analysis; Alexandru Jivan, Miruna Lucia Năchescu, and Mihaela Neamțu Chapter 6. Less is more, more is less (Cleopas Mlilo): Exploring the Elusive Sustainability in the Fashion Industry; Alexandra-Codruța Bîzoi and Cristian-Gabriel Bîzoi Chapter 7. Bioeconomy Development In The European Union: Social And Economic Influencing Factors; Emilia Mary Bălan, Cristina Georgiana Zeldea, and Laura Mariana Cismaș Chapter 8. Challenges in Applying Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) Indicators to Sovereign Debt Portfolios; Bentje Böer, Anna Broughel, and Mark Kantšukov Chapter 9. The role of financial innovations in sustainable development; Agnieszka Majewska and Sebastian Majewski Chapter 10. Transition To A Circular Economy In ASEAN-5: Inferences On Sustainable Development In A Globalized World; Grațiela-Georgiana Noja, Monica Boldea, Maria-Izabela Purdescu, and Alina Ionașcu Chapter 11. Essence and Appearance: A Critical Exploration of Corporate Greenwashing Through Ethical Dilemmas in Global Supply Chains; Alexandra-Codruța Bîzoi and Cristian-Gabriel Bîzoi Chapter 12. Technologies promoting the digital tourism economy and student attitudes towards artificial intelligence in tourism; Simona Biriescu and Laura Olteanu Chapter 13. Role of pro bono legal services in the sector of ESG; Aleksandra Klich and Qerkin Berisha Chapter 14. Comparative Analysis of CSR and ESG Actions in Greece: Α study using Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning Techniques; Foteini I. Pagkalou, Eleftherios I. Thalassinos, and Konstantinos I. Liapis Chapter 15. Willingness to pay extra for eco-friendly products: a sequential mediation analysis of behavioural antecedents and attitude towards behavioural sustainability; Cuc Lavinia Denisia, Rad Dana, Hategan Camelia-Daniela, Pelau Corina, and Szentesi Silviu Gabriel Chapter 16. Green Wealth In Motion: Leveraging The Sharing Economy For A Circular Future; Virginija Grybaitė